After a row over his seating arrangement at the Republic Day last year, Congress president Rahul Gandhi was seen sitting in the front row, along with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, and just three seats beside BJP chief Amit Shah. And on display in full public view was Gadkari and Rahul’s bonhomie as they were seen chatting right through the Republic Day ceremony.
While Rahul got a front row seat, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad was seen seated in the second row behind him, unlike last year when both of them were made to sit in the sixth row prompting angry protest from his party which had accused the Government of setting aside traditions and indulging in “cheap politics”.